Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments
- Completed 2011
- 210 units
- 17 floors
A 1 bed in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments costs a median AED 1.17M and returns 8.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
1.17MAED
AED 1,800/sqft · -18.1% on a year
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.25M
- Price
- AED 1.17M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 46,867
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 24,605
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments a good investment?Little new supply nearby; prices are slipping and few units change hands; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
- Is it easy to let?None of the 210 units signed an annual lease in 12 months: owner-occupied, holiday homes or a hotel pool0%
- Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,198/sqft a year ago, 1,800 now-18.1%Watch
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 75,672 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 75,672
- Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months, 4% of the tower (8 the year before)9Watch
- Is a lot being built nearby?752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today. Barsha Heights supply by year →14%Strength
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 21% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+21.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.17M
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · Barsha Heights
- 12-month change
- -18.1%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 522
- Net revenue
- AED 101,673/yr
- Listings seen
- 6+
Read with care
- No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)
Chart data, 1 bed: Sep 2012, AED 1,957,875; latest, Oct 2026, AED 1,066,013; peak, May 2018, AED 2,792,500. Rent on new leases: Nov 2013, AED 53,000 a year; latest, Feb 2014, AED 53,500.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,812 · before fees
- 5 years ago
- 1,497
- +21%
- 23 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,351
- +34%
- 8 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,192
- −17%
- 8 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,812
- today
- 9 sales
The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.
9 resales in the last 12 months, against 10 a year on average over 2023–2025.
9 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Barsha Heights
Every Barsha Heights building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments places 6th of 12; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments (AED 1,812/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
Market context in Barsha Heights
Registered sales activity
156 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+19.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 156 current and 149 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today.
How these are countedDirect locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.
About Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments
Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments is an apartment building completed in 2011 in Barsha Heights with 210 registered units. 241 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 17
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 20 min · 18 km
- DXB Airport
- 26 min · 33 km
- DIFC
- 17 min · 21 km
- Dubai Marina
- 13 min · 7.7 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 19 min · 12 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Dubai Internet City
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Burj Al Arab
Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments: AED 1,812 per sq ft, 5% above the median Barsha Heights building
The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.
Price per sq ft
Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months
- Citadines Metro Central Hotel ApartmentsAED 1,812
- Barsha Heights, readyAED 1,584
- Barsha Heights, off-planAED 2,612
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Barsha Heights
Prices per sq ft around Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments, on the map
The First Central
Barsha Heights · 20 sales, 12 months
868,055
AED, resale median · 2,199/sqft
Madison Residency
Barsha Heights · 19 sales, 12 months
1.35M
AED, resale median · 1,187/sqft
Franck Muller Vanguard
Barsha Heights · 14 sales, 12 months
1.86M
AED, resale median · 2,535/sqft
Fahad 2
Barsha Heights · 11 sales, 12 months
1.11M
AED, resale median · 928/sqft
Before you decide
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- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments?
- No gross yield is published for Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 7 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Barsha Heights median is 3.3% gross.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.17M (1,800 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments over the last 12 months have a median of 1,800 AED/sqft, across 7 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
- Have prices in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -18.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- Does Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments earn more short-term than long-let?
- A night asks a median of AED 522, which models to 8.7% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.
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Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 7 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/metro-central
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments sale prices and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/metro-central
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